BORN ELLINGHAM, NORFOLK, ON 01/01/1880. SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH IVES, (1853-1888), OF BEAUMONT STREET, HULL. A BROTHER MEMBER OF THE RAOB (NO;899), ST GEORGES ROAD, LODGE, HULL.
HE JOINED THE NAVY AS A BOY & FOUGHT DURING THE BOER WAR AND WAS WITH ADMIRAL BEATTY, ON HMS LION, AT JUTLAND IN MAY 1916.
HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT LIVERPOOL DOCKS, ON 27/11/1917, PROCEEDING TO HIS SHIP. HE WAS 38 YEARS OLD. HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER MRS SARAH POLLARD AT 8, SPYVEE STREET, HULL.
HE HAD MARRIED SARAH PATIENCE BUCK (1875-1943) AT GREAT YARMOUTH, IN 1904, AGED 26. SHE LIVED AT 12 VICTORIA TERRACE, BEETON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND LATER RETURNED TO GREAT YARMOUTH.
HE IS BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “GOD TAKES THE LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOME BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS”
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, ON 5TH JANUARY 1918.
HIS BROTHER, CHARLIE IVES SERVED WITH THE HUSSARS.
